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  • The wind seller
    Author:
    Preston, Rachael
    Summary:

    In her highly anticipated second novel, Rachael Preston tells a vibrant, compelling story of 20th century piracy. Exploring the complex struggle for freedom against a backdrop of passion and repression, The Wind Seller is the story of...
  • The gale of 1929
    Author:
    Collins, Gary
    Summary:

    On the night of November 29, 1929, eleven schooners set sail for home from the comfort and safety of St. John’s harbour. They all headed north: directly into the teeth of a deadly hurricane.

    Here for the first time are the...
  • The Ebb-Tide
    Author:
    STEVENSON, Robert Louis
    Summary:

    Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and...
  • Norma & Gladys : the famous Newfoundland knockabout schooner
    Author:
    Cranford, Garry
    Summary:

    Launched in 1945, the schooner Norma & Gladys illustrates the best qualities of Newfoundland and Labrador’s industries of shipbuilding, the Labrador fishery, the Grand Banks fishery, and coasting freight to remote seaside...
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